School: Cill Bhriotáin (B.) (roll number 14116)

Location:
Kilbrittain, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Ml. Ó Riagáin
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    Whooping cough The old cure the people had for the whooping cough was to give the children ferret's milk to drink.

    Whooping cough The old cure the people had for the whooping cough was to give the children ferret's milk to drink.
    Rheumatism The old cure for rheumatism was to bathe the parts with hot salt water.
    Boils The cure the old people had for boils was to roast a wild parsnip and put it up to the boil.
    Sore eyes The old cure for sore eyes was to bathe them in cold tea.
    Tooth ache The cure the old people had for a tooth ache was to pull grass out of certain graves and chew it and the pain would cease.
    Stomach pains The old cure was to put a hot plate up to the sore point and the pain would cease.
    Headache Put hot vinegar and brown paper up to the head and the pain would cease.
    Pluckmas The old cure for pluckmas was to roast potatoes and mix butter with them and put them into a stocking and put it up to the bad part.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. whooping-cough (~234)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Griffin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilbrittain, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mrs Griffin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilbrittain, Co. Cork